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My dear friend Pam, who has certainly gone through trials and tribulations of her own through the last year, sent a care package for my "Sister" Ethel.

I delivered it last night. Ethel's excitement was off the charts. Behold:

New top...

New sweater...

New pants...

New pot holder that says, "Home Sweet Home." "I'ma hang this up in my kitchen wall!"

New dish cloths and towels...

New bath towels and face cloths...

New bath mat...

Sweet note with Dunkin Donuts gift card...

For once she was too excited to sit and chat, and zoomed out of the train station on her new electric wheelchair (yay!) so she could catch the first bus home. I got a voicemail later telling me she had arrived home and had gleefully arranged all of her new things.

Generosity on the one hand, gratitude on the other, and I got to witness it all.

If you like really, really sweet wines (I don't, but I won't look down my nose at you if you do), it's a great place. But... it was busy, busy, busy with bus loads of people. If you're at all claustrophobic, I'd go during the week, and not on the weekend.

Still, the scenery is beautiful.

Then, on to Dablon Vinyards, also in Baroda, but a wildly different tasting room experience!

We met and had quite a long chat with the owner, who also owns the artsy and eclectic Music Box Theatre in Chicago. Then we started the tasting...